I'm back and fatter than ever

It's been a long time since I posted anything here. I've been tempted to start up again, but I just never seemed to be motivated. There have been several big events that I told myself I would use as an excuse to start again, but for one reason or another I never did. Now I am going to start again.

I don't expect to post every day. I actually have no idea how often I'll post. Maybe it will be everyday or even several times a day, and maybe I'll just post once a week. The catalyst that finally drove me to start blogging again is my weight. I've been in an ongoing battle with my weight for my whole life. About 6 years ago, I thought I had won it. I was down close to 200lbs and was in by far the best shape of my life. This morning when I got on the scale I weighed 281. I am fatter now than I have ever been. That all changes starting today.

How?

I bought a book a couple of weeks ago called The Rice Diet Solution, and after reading it, I've decided to give it a try. I've also recommited myself to working out. I will chronicle my successes and failures here. Mondays will be my weigh-in day, so at least every Monday there will be a post. I don't intend to jounal everything I eat here nor do I intend to track every calorie I burn in exercise here. I have other tools for that. I also don't intend to try to explain everything about The Rice Diet Solution here. It's too much for me to type, and frankly I'm just starting on it. I would do anyone a disservice if they read what I'm putting here and believed that to be enough for them to do this diet themselves. If you are interested in the diet, buy the book. It can teach you far more and far better than I can.

What I will do, is discuss how I feel on the diet, and I will talk about specific things that are difficult or easy. We'll see how it goes.